Continuous calendar



2 Sheets-Shee1 N VE N T El R T T D R J. s. BANFIELD CONTINUOUS CALENDAR Filed Jan. 18, 193,0

Nov.v 24,- 1931.

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Patented Noy. 24, 1931Y a-UNITEDSTT-S c'JoN'rINHuoUsv CALENDAR applicatiorlea january" 1s, 1930'. se'riarrroi'iaijs;

`This invention relates toa continuous calen`dar,and it hasfor its. primary object to provide a mechanismwhereby there may be exposed or displayed automatically and in their properly timed sequence year, lmonth and day indices, together with the calendar dates. i

A further object isfto provide a calendar mechanism ofthe character mentionedsvvhich may be actuated either electrically Aor by means of clock-:mechanism and which {normally, exceptat long intervals, asoncein Voneor more years requires'noattention, or -manual intervention"."

In describing theV invention erence" is herein t had to the accompanying dravvings,7in vvhiclr-Ufv j i' y ,gri `Figure l'is a rontelevationof the invendicated infdotted'lines;

Y tion With its enclosinor case removed, or in- FigureQ is-an end elevation ofthebsame; Figure A3 is a top planvievv of'l the saine; 1 Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4,1Fig. V1;

Figure 5 is a front elevation on arreduced` scale, showingthe casingln place and'illustrating thefmanner invvhichthe year, month andday indices-and the date'in the month arefexposedpk ,LA l

Figure 6 is a ,view similartoFi'g. 1, shovving in front elevationa modification;

Figure 7 is a top` plan view of the same;

Figure 8 is anendelevation of. the same; and-H i. m i

l Figure 9 isa `trout elevation, reduced, -vvith -the case in place'and showing the manner in which exposure iseected. 1 r Referring-to'said drawings, lvdeisignatefs a suitable fornioffbaseV vvhichfhas mounted thereon; adjacent `tofoneend amotorfen closed' Withina suitable"casing V2, "'Saidj :motormay be of anyfappropriatel type and Vmay consist of leither an electric'motor'or a suitable 'spring-driven clock f. mechanism,` as 'preferred'. l j' 1 Carried by themotonshaft,orrotor 3, outside Vsaid casing. yis "a lined Wheel ordisk .4L y

v having on itsl periphery a .single toothf adapted, oncein eachj-twenty-.four hours, to engage'agear Wheel 6 fixed on ahorizontal shaft 7 which .is- Vjournaled` in'4 suitableV suplconsecutive equi-spaced horizontal lines-:the `1nonthdates` 18. of Athe year, lbeginning with ports, .as aijpart.,ofia'isupporting;frames mounted on saidbase 1. As herein shown, y 4 y said gear 6V embodies ten teeth, and, therefore, 7

is actuated-to move throughout one-tenth of j a revolution in-each interval in which it is .engaged-by 'the tooth55 of Wheel l,jthe

number-oflteeth-may' be employedv in said gear 6, asmaybe'found desirable. y V i j, Fixed on-said shaft?? in spaced-relation aretvvo identical agear Wheelsl9 l()u lwhich i ,are-inmesh with gearfvvheelsV lll'and 12,

respectively, 4 xed onacountersha-ft ,13, vvhich saidframejS. y Said'gears 9 and 110 vvarev also in mesh with gearslt `and 15," 'respectively,erA.V iXedon a 'countershaft' lwvhich-` is ournaledfin the upper vfront-portionfoisaidl Y 55 fis? journaled in thegl'ovver ront'gportion fof i frame, as`shovvn. Gears 11 and"14,vvhich aref,

fof correspondingI size. and occupy substantiallyvertically alined relation, aref designed and ,15,similarly'falined,,serve asi-carriers vfor the oppositeV edgev portion offsaid tape., Thetape' 17, which is madelof appropriate length and Width, has: printed thereon'in4 January v1 and end-ingvvithfDecember 31.

l This tape, the' major .portion ofthe length of which is hereinshopvvnjasv normally received-Withina compartment; or -vvell 19y provided Y therefor vonthe rear vportion .of

:posite edge portions of the tape being adaptthe base1, is advanced by `mea-nsfof` the'cal rier gears 11,12, 14 and 15, longitudinally alined perforations 20 provided in the iop- A 90 edtoreceive therein'the teet-hfof said gears aspthe latter rotatefforvvard. --Thefrelaltive Y y Asi'zesjofthe carrier-gears 11,112;lfarrcl-lY toptheigearsf'Q and 10gare`s'uchthatpinthe throughoutfone-tenth of 'revolution v:in-

duced once; in y ,each {twenty-,four hours, j as aforesaid, l saidf- Vcarrier-1` gears advance the l '-tape ,the`V distance between Vadjacent m-onth- .datewlines 18.71 Thusnvhenfrotarymovementfl@ parted to said shaftf'the tape is'advanced 1^ the distance required to expose through a preferably scored transversely at suitable" intervals between adj acent date lines 18 to guide-channel 23 is provided by-a'n inclinedv slot'21 providedthere-or in the front wall of the mechanism-enclosing casing 22"the next succeeding month-date line 18. l

Y The tape-receiving well 19 is made Nof sufficientcapacity tofaccommodate the lengthKV fior, inthe'front wall of the casing 22. The

of tape Vwhich must lat f all timesv beY contained therein,- and the tape,fv composed :et

any suitableI leXible'material, as paper, is'

facilitate 'the automaticvgfolding, thereof kin flatfolds ve1 a size adaptedto be accommodated by Vsaid well, as' shown in- Fig. 4 i A I .chute-like extension 24' which Vleads upwardl ly and forwardly fromf-.the VupperA end of the *well 19 andrha-s its open Vend kllocated adjacent Ato the` points at'wliich the tape leavesV the gearsllt and 15,as shown.inFig.

4.r Thelowermost'ofthe Jfolds of tape containedlin'the wellV rests uponfsuitable short `f'ngers .25- provided above the' bottom' of the VVwell inL an arrangement which,"while serving.

l to;supportthe-stored tapeapermit the latter 'to-fbefwithdrawn as required Ii-na downfwar'dly i fand fcrwardly inclined direction, l Vpassing from' said 'well A tothe yunder sides. of thejgears 11 "and 12Y through a .suitable l.

Y xguideLChannellv v 26. vprovided therefor,` als with a gear. 28 v which i Ahas yf oi'irteen .teeth and.` whichiis4 fixed Yon vad countershaftlv 29.

f. Said countershaft is suitablyjournaled in anr endof the frame-8 and has fixed thereon la l Y lea-p` yearginrases Vwhere thetape ,carries the yeral@ 'surface upon-'whichf appear consecutively and in `'regularly spaced relation desig# nations 31V indicating the days ofl the week. Y

Thus, aus is evident,YV with each movement of the shaft =7 throughoutzone-tenth.offa revolution,1.eHect-edonce in each twenty-four hours, Vashereinbeforedescribed, said wheel 3() is-rotatedf throughout onesseventh of a revolution, thus presenting the next-succeed.

Y fing daydesignation in a position wherein it is eXposed'to-view through la slot 32 proi fon its peripheral face .in evenly .spaced relation the ten numeralsbeginningV withl vand v'endingwith-0. A: gear 35 havingften'pef Yripheralfvteethv is AlalsofinedV on 1 said 'shaft lisada'ptedtoibe engaged-'once each year by 1 Y 1 Va suitable 'lug orprojection 36 carried-by the 3 3 infa'position ,inwhich' one ofits ten teeth tape." 17, the-arrangementfof saidV projection e shafts;

fects rotaryfmovement of said vshaft 33 and Vthe thereby carried wheel 34 throughout `one-tenth of'a revolution, thus .j presenting the Ynext succeeding numeral borne by said wheel in position wherein it is vexposed througha slotlo'r opening 37 providedthere-1 numerals carriedbysaid wheel are designed yto constitute intsuccession the final ligures O f the year dates, the first two figures of which, together with an apostrophe, asV rshown gin Fig. 5, areypermanently fixedv on v the face or frontwall of said casing l22 in a yposition adjacent tofsaid slot 37 sthat,`

be rendered necessary `from time' to time, as Y in the eventfthat the power mechanism should ybeing such that said once-a-year.,y engagement occurs Vat midnight on December 31 and eftemporarily fail to lunct-iomav l'keyf38 maybe engaged withfanjendof the shaft.T-whereby'n y i l tape 17"'to the extent required, :Alsofto prol .the latter `maybe rotated for "shiftingfthe vide .for Yadj ustrnent yof the lwheel 30 relative to theLtap'ef'carrying mechanism,.the h'ubj39 of said wheel is detachably-.engaged with the vrcountershaft 29, the" latter V'having's al seven sided end p'ortion 40 engagedv with a corre Y spondingly shaped socket .f ilfin said-:hubs iAk key 42 is provided-by'meansofwhichfsaid wheel 30 may :Abe withdrawn .from said countershaft 29, as to the. `dotted line position shown i in Fig.k 3and then're-seated on'jsaid l l 'countershaft after V,having been`4 rotated to properlydisposethe wheel-carried week-.day y designations with respect to the Vmonth dates Y borne by the-tape. This lasti mentioned ad-v Vju'stment is 'required once f jeach year,- except date February 29, or, when suehfdate. is

omitted, l such adjustment wil-l i f be required oncerinleach leapayear'.

Vilo i InY tlie '-lnodiied' construction shown in Figs; 6,17 ,"3 and`9 `oi? thedrawings/,two reels f 43 and 44, are substituted' for, the well 19 hereinbefore described, oneof said-reels being Yemployed for paying loutwan'd'the other vfor receiving the tape 17.]Moreover, the-.tape Y bears thereon, in Yconsecutive 1 evenly-spaced esedthroughV a` sing1eslot or aperture 45 provided inthe frontiwally of 'thecasing/.y As

.together withY ".7 1. A'c'asingg a tape A.having indicia orllegach of vthetwelveniionths thereon, saidl casing' vfel'ltofl'@QSiterations' indicating alemanas, y monthdates,yeardatesanddaysfof thelweek, i e all yclosely associated and radapted to befexaligned with Vsaid lower guide member to having a sight opening and -having adjacent thereto two numerals and an apostrophe to 1 represent three of four numerals indicating a year, a rotary member havingvthereon a series of successive numerals to indicate the fourth numeral of each of successive years,v means to actuate the tape, and means operable by the tape to actuate said rotary member each twelve months. Y

2. A casing,` a tape having indicia for each of the twelve months thereon, said casing having a sight opening and having adjacent lthereto two lnumerals and an apostrophe to represent three of four numerals indicating a year, movable means having thereon a series of sucoessivenumerals to indicate the fourth numeral of each of suceessiveyears, means to actuate the tape, and means operable bythe tape to aetuate saidV movable means each twelve months.

3. In a calendar, a frame7 a tapehaving l Y appropriately designated indicia thereon, a Y y well to' contain thegreater'portion of said Vtape vwhen not in use, a substantially horie Zontal guide member carried by said well'rat its upper end and extending lforwardly therefrom, a second substantially horizontal guide member. carried by said well 'at its lower end f and extending forwardly .therefronnfsaid guides and said well conjointly forming a Urstruoture, a let-off wheelv carriedby'the frame adjacent the free end of the lower'guide member and having a portion of its periphery unroll tape froml the well,atakeup wheel vertically aligned with vsaid first wheel and adjacent the free end oi thefupper guide member and having a portion ofits' periphery aligned with 'said upper guide member to feedlthe tape into the upper guide member I and then into the well, and means disposed substantially. within the conlines of the UV i structure to periodically operate the wheelsl Y 4. In a calendar, aframe, a tape having appropriately designated indicia thereom'a well to contain the greater portion of said tape when not in use, a substantiallyhori- Zontal guide member carried by said well at its upper end and extending forwardly therefrom, a second substantially horizontal guide member carried by said well at its lower end, and extending forwardly therefrom., said guide' vmembers and said well conjointly Y forming a U structure, means adjacent the free ends of the guide. members and having portions aligned therewith for'feeding tape f from one guide member vertically and then.

into the otherguide member, and means to periodically operate said tape feedingmeans disposed substantially within the coniinesof the U structure.

In testimony whereofI aiiX my signature.

JUDsoN s. BANFIELD. 

